The Sun. — London, England, 1838-05-08 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ... 43 minutes after 1 ) Evening 7 minute s after 2 FOR TOWN AND COUNTRY. A rl nil HE COURT JOURNAL, TE 1 of the FASWIONABLF: WORI,n, is Published ever, SATURDAY Mor . ...NING, on a hanisome Quarto Stamped eibt`t, containing 48 fC'elumns ; and supplied by all Newsmen A.rdi Book sellers, free of Postage. This highly -popular and established Journal stands unrivalled in public farour, 5 a record of Manners, Literature, Art, and Fashion, possening exclusive sources of in formation and interest. Indemdently of original Papers, by the most celebrated Writers, it contains reports of Literature, the Drama, Music, Concerts, Exhibitions, Societies, Correspondence with Foreign Courts, and a complete Miscellany of all matters connected with the Polite World. W. THOMAS, PUBLISHER, 19 Catherine -street, Strand. ---- Hillis Al LAW, AND NEXT OF KIN.- In aPxwer to numerous enquiries, " THE WEEKLY TRUE SUN" will publish the Advertisements until the Seven Hundred are exhausted, by a ciiumn each week. The WEEKLY TRUE SUN is a Large Quarto Paper of Forty Columns, Priee 5d., ed.ited by D. W. HARVEY, Esq., AL P., to whom communi,:ations may be addressed, at the Office, 366, -- Strand. Orders v;ill be ezteuted by all Postmasters and News Agents in the United Kingdom. MANCHESTER ASPHALTUM O. LICENCED BY C JOH M N PANY HENRY CASSELL, The Patentee for the United Kingdom. Capital-100,000/., in 10,000/, shares of 101. each. Deposit, IL per Share. BANK Elts—(Manchester and Liverpool)—The Commercial Bank of England. London—Messrs. Barnett, Hoares, and Co. Sottorroas--Messrs. Atkinson, Birch, and Saunders. CONSULTING CHEMIST - -John Davies, Esq., Lecturer on Chemistry in the Royal S,c'hool of Medicine and Surgery, &c., &e. In the present rage far " Asphalte Companies," which many of the sober-minded are d ispP'sed to class among the "bubbles" of the day— " Th; 'earth has bubbles, as the water hath, And these are of them"-- it may be rl'..Cessary to give a short explanation of their origin, and to show the, essential difference between the Manchester Asphaltum Corn. ~ .nd all others projected, inasmuch as it is the only one hitherto bro'Jght under the notice of the public that stands upon a legitimate and Icgal basis. In the year I 834 Mr. John Henry Cassell, of Mill. Wall, London, wianiafacturing.chemiat, obtained a patent for the application of a Bituminous Cement in the making of roads, footpaths, roofs, floors, docks, canals, watercourses, and every description of work in which cement is or may be used. He furnished several public specimens of the utility of his intention —among others by covering a portion of the Vauxhall Bridge.yoad, and the flooring of the stables of an extensive brewery at Pin:lico, with his bituminous surface. Of the former the Bridge Committee have expressed unqualified approbation in their published report, and neither has needed the slightest repair to the present day. Like many other meritorious inventions of native talent, this was neglected, and its existence almost forgotten; and it was not until the extensive and successful application of the " Asphaltic Mastic" to si. Milar purposes in France and Belgium attracted the notice of an intelli gent English traveller (Mr. Claridge!, that the British public were roused to a sense of the value and importance of the invention, by his formation of a Company for the importation of the " Asphalte de Seyssel" into this country ' 6 . This has been quickly followed by announcements of various other Asphalte Companies professing to derive their mate rials from Switzerland and other parts of the continent. One Company announce that they have actually dispatched an emissary to the Pacha of Egypt to make arrangements for obtaining their Asphaltum from that country; while another proposes to bring it from an " Asphaltic Lake" in one of the West India Islands !!! It is Of course impossible for Mr. Cassell (for the present) to prevent the formation of these Companies —to dissuade people from subscribing to them—or to prevent their respective shares getting to a high pre. tnium ; but as his patent is not for the use of any particular ingredients, but for the application of a bituminous Cement to the purposes above stated, it is clear, that without his licence no Company can Proceed in the construction of any works of this nature during the next ten years, the unexpired term of his patent. His determination to support his patent right against all infractions of it (when the proper time shall arrive), is announced in advertisements inserted in the London papers. The promoters of this Company were among the very first to become tensible of the advantages of this invention, and the importance of ex. tending them to the town's of Manchester and Liverpool, and the po. pulous district of which the former town may be considered the centre. But being determined 'to build upon a foundation that cannot be shaken, and desirous also to guard against the possibility of becoming involved in a suit of Chancey;, they considered it an indispensable preliminary to in vestigate the terms and ascertain the legal effect of Mr. Cassell's patent, the only one of the same nature enrolled) and to shape their meas'are acoordingly. 'They have now the satisfaction to announce, that they have con. eluded an arrangement with the Patentee, by which is secured to this Company, upon very advantageous terms, the sole use and exercise of his patent right, throughout the County Palatine of Lancaster, together with all the benefits of his past experience, and any further improvement he may make in the process. To secure to this district, and to the County Palatine generally, the advantages resulting from this discovery, it is proposed to form a Com pany under the above title (protected by CasselPs patent), for the manu. facture and use of the Cement for the various purposes to which it is applicable, and with all the improvements in the composition of which it is or may be susceptible. The following are some of the leading pro. visions : The Capital, in the first instance, to be 100,000/. in 10,000 Shares of lot, each, with power at any future period to increase it, by the creating of additional Shares, if a Special General Meet ing the Proprietors shall deem it expendient to do so. The deposit to be 11. per Share, placed to the credit of the Share holders, after defraying the expenses necessarily incidental to the for mation of the Company. Each Subscriber, on receiving his letter of appropriation, to pay the deposit within the time therein specified, or it cannot be received by the . Bankers, and the allotment will be cancelled. As soon atter the appropriation of the Shares as possible, a general meeting of the Proprietors will be called to appoint two Trustees, in whom will he vested the property of the Compalv ai nit i Stewardship, and by whom the future managem en t o f t h e affa i rs of the Company will be conducted. One portion to retire by rotation every year, so that the entire Directory may be renewed every three years, but the retiring Directors to be eligible for re-election. The qualification for a Director, the holding of 20 Shares. The deed of settlement to certain full and explicit provisions for the re gulation and government of the Company, and for limiting the liability of the Shareholders to the amount subscribed by them respectively, and the better to insure this object, the purchases of the Company will be made solely by its known and recognised officers or agents, and for pre sent cash only. This Company offers an opportunity for a highly lucrative investment of capital, for the following, among other reasons :-1. It is the only one hitherto projected, that is protected by the license of the Patentee, and the sphere of its operation is sufficiently extensive for the profitable employment of a greatly extended capital, without fear of a rival. 2. The ingredients are to be found not only in this country, but within a short distance of Manchester. A substance in all respects the same at the " Asphalte de Seytsel" may be obtained in any required quantity for little more than the cost of transit. Applications for She:res to be addressed (post paid), to the Provisional Committ-, e , at the office of Mr. Robert Walker, Share Broker, Prinees_co•, l rt, Market-street; or at the office of Mr. J. D. Barey, Stock and Share Broker, North Wales State and Mining Offices, 34, Brown-street, King-street, Manchester, of whom prospectuses may be obtained, la' No application from London can he attended to unless the de posit '..)c at the same time paid to the Company's Bankers in London. 4 The analysis of ti is substance of which the public has lately heard so much, shows that it is composed of from 9 to 10 per cent. of mineral bitumen, the remainder is carbonate of Lime, nearly pure ; the bitumen itself being made up of about two parts of uresinous petroliferous matter, and one part of carbon. - - -- - The publication of TuR SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 45 minutes past Three o' Clock. WITH WHICH " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1838. The Tories, it will be seen, in the debate of last night in the House of Lords, are extremely anxious to retain the services ef the Yeomanry. We are not at all surprised at it. They know that their whole system of policy is hate ful snd adverse to public prosperity, and they are resolved to have an armed body ready to enforce it. The Marquis of Citivsoos is to take the Chair at the dinner to be given to Sir ROBERT PEEL, and thus we see linked together--honouring and honoured,sustaining and sustained—the representatives of those who insist on enriching themselves by starving the people, and of those who, to maintain the ascendancy of one Church, trample on religious liberty. Engaged in this united crusade against the physical and moral well-being of the rest of the community, for their own detestably sel fish purposes ; and being, therefore, thoroughly convinced that they do not deserve the attachment and respect of the people, the Tories naturally and necessarily seek to arm their vassals in order to enforce obedience to their unhal lowed, we had almost ealled it diabolical, system of policy. They wish to arm brother against brother, the country against the town, the rich against the poor, the makers and supporters of the Corn Laws against those who hunger for bread ; and so revive amongst us that state of warfare which some philosophers, who have contemplated society only when regulated by Tory prin ciples, affirmed to be the natural state of man. If the Yeomanry, the tools of the Tories, were to be kept up, as the Herald implies, in order to preserve the Corn Laws, we should, perhaps, think it our duty to call on the inhabitant; of the towns, and on all those whom the Tories persist in oppressing, whether in the name of the Church, or in the name of agriculture, to arm themselves; for it never could be tolerated for one moment that such wrongs as the Corn Laws, and as Church Rates, should be maintained by the armed servants of the Squires and the Parsons. PILE SpW A ADP • (----,.. .-.. 41 ' PA e Sun of this day will be found, abridged from the - - -"! '' ' r--- : 'At* ter Guardian, a report of the proceedings at a pub -4) "I-• , ;‘,: ; ii c , , ".• A. 11 4 g held there on Thursday last, for the purpose of '... i i ' .-:-,- pijk - , r, • Parliament against the longer oontinttanoe of the , ..• Ar Z., -- - . Si ir, •1. . ' • A — f - ' 9 Vi Is, iO l ‘ 4 4' a a rfE " mt. Zbie ann. Negro apprenticeship system. tended ;but we 7 - meeting was well at . gret to adds that its harmony was greatly uisturbed by thdill-Itttlged interference of a few IlltiraLßadi talt) Who wished to mix up with t,ht.t tegro slavery question the sufferings of tht.t 1',60r in this country, from the com bined r...fftets of low wages, dear bread ) and what they are pleased to denounce as the master-grievance—the New Poor-Law Amendment Act. It is with regret that we find ourselves obliged thus prominently to allude to the mista ken public conduct of any portion of the Radical body ; but we must, out of regard to them, express our strong dissatisfaction at the pialitical courses which they have been recently pursuing on several rather memorable occasions. What is there to prevent the ultra-Radicals of Manches ter from calling public meetings to petition for the removal of any grievance of which they may suppose themselves entitled to complain ? Nothing. And if their calls are rot responded to, what further proof do they require of their own, or their cause's unpopularity ? If they cannot prevail on those whom they regard as op pressed to raise their voices against the oppression, it is plain that the alleged sufferers are indifferent to their wrongs, or that they feel a contempt for the personal cha racter, or for the abilities, of those offering to procure them redress. In either case prudence dictates a modest de ference to the obvious, though tacitly expressed, opinion of the people. But the Ultra-Radicals of Manchester appear to think. differently. Because they will not be heard, they seek by clamour to drown the voices of others. From a principle of revenge, originating in miserable ignorance and self-conceit they would prolong the curse of slavery in the West Indies, rather than allow the question to be settled without an endeavour to mix up with it an heterogeneous medley of complaints about the condition of the working classes in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Such mis taken,conduct as this is greatly to be deplored, and if per severed in, must inevitably alienate from the Radical party many moderate men, who otherwise would never separate themselves from it. In addition to this, it will prevent the accession to its ranks of hundreds who would not only join, but be an honour to it, were its influence directed, with honest zeal and discrimi nating judgment, to the gradual eradication of recog nised abuses. We therefore recommend the really intelligent Radical Reformers of Manchester—and of every other place in which such disgraceful scenes as those reported to have occurred at the Anti-Slavery meeting on Thursday last, shall take place—to call a meeting of their own body, for the express purpose of disavowing all parti cipation in the proceedings of such men as Messrs. NIGHT INGALE and HUNT. The intemperance of such individuals totally disqualifies them for the advocacy of any rational cause, and it would be well indeed if the Reformers could rid themselves of them altogether. We recommend the speech of Mr. SCOBLE—replete as it is with harrowing details of the cruelties inflicted upon the defenceless Negro apprentices—to the earnest attention of the British people. Mr. SCOBLE but describes the horrors which he himself witnessed, and those who know that gentleman most intimately, are the least disposed to question the truth of his heart-sickening narrative. Should this .speech fall into the hands of Mr. GLADSTONE, the Hon. Member for Newark will be more cautious in boast ing of the happiness of the apprentices on the Wales Plan tation, in Deinerara, when he has next occasion to address the House of Commons upon the subject. We have again to call the attention of our countrymen to the state of the Polish patriots now in England, who, we regret to state, are at this moment in absolute desti tution. In appealing to public sympathy on behalf of those who have been foremost, at every personal sacrifice, to advocate the sacred and eternal cause of liberty, we feel satisfied that our appeal will not be made in vain. Every generous sentiment on which the English man justly prides himself, the Pole possesses in an equal degree. If we have fought and struggled, through evil report and good report, for freedom, so has he ; and there is this only difference between the two, that the Englishman has gained his cause, while the Pole has lost his. We trust our countrymen will not allow these pa triotic emigrants to perish, but cherish and protect them, in this, their hour of adversity. Our readers will per ceive by the following painful document that we have not exaggerated the state of dreadful privation to which the brave Polish emigrants arc now reduced. " About two hundred of our countrymen whom the exceptional law of the 21st of Al2liUitlit eu hat i gri g w i am i tle .. hospitablem9 , 4* granted by Great Britain to the Poles previously arrived in this country, although comprised in the same category of political refugees, are now a prey to the most distressing penury. _ . "The praiseworthy efforts of those Honourable Lords and Gentlemen who, through a generous feeling, formed themselves into the Literary Society of the Friends of Poland, are since two months without effects, their funds having been since that time totally exhausted—nay, they have verbally declared to us and advertised that no hope was enter. tained they should lie enabled to continue their philanthropic work. " All our countrymen wishing to act up to the principle which made them fight for the liberty and independence oftheir country against the foreign tyranny, and being, moreover, perfectly aware of the difficulty of earning the bitter bread of the exile, do not raise their wishes above employment, or work, in whatever branch it may be, wherewith to gain their honourable livelihood ; now it is known by any one that it is next to impossible to obtain in England admission even to the humblest work, without the succour of powerful recommendations. " It is owing to this state of things that we, in the name of our for lorn countrymen, make an appeal to all the members of the English nation, friends of the Polish cause and of humanity, that they will, ac cording to their respective iufluence, exert their powers to procure work to our destitute countrymen, and by such a means prevent two hundred men, whom many a bloody battle against the barbarians of the North has spared from falling as many victims to the most horrible wretchedness. " The Committee will accept with gratitude all communications that it may he judged convenient to address to them upon the subject. " THE COMMITTEE OF THE POLISH EMIGRATION IN ENGLAND. " The President, J. DWERNICKI, General." " For the Secretary, STOLZMAN." 125, Albany.place, Regent's-park, May 7, 1838." The Town Council of Leeds on Wednesday last unani- mously voted an Address to the QUEEN, and petitions to both Houses of Parliament, praying for the immediate abolition of that accursed system which, under the delu sive name of apprenticeship, gives increased effect to the worst evils of slavery. In nothing is the great movement which now agitates the country more remarkable than in the unanimity of persons of all parties on the subject of slave-emancipation. Whig, Tory, and Radical throw aside those political antipathies, which at other times exercise so repelling an influence on their minds, and unite cordia►ly and harmoniously it, advocating the cause of outraged hu manity. Let the opponents of justice to the Negro mark well this sign of the times, while it is in their power to profit by it. It is now put beyond all doubt, that the great mass of the people are deeply and permanently interested in this question, awl that they will never cease from press ing it upon the Government, until the last link of the chain of colonial slavery is broken. We stated some time ago that we had season to believe the Government had, from a conviction of the hopelessness of roasting the popular will, more and more strongly cx. pressed every day, resolved to withdraw their opposition to immediate emancipation. We had our information from a source on which we thought we could rely, but we have not on that account relaxed our exertions, nor hinted that the people should relax theirs, in this great cause. On the contrary, it has been our constant endeavour to inculcate upon the public the necessity of unremitted agitation, in order to command success by a display of strength and energy so combined as to be irresistible. This is the only sure reliance in cases where there are powerful influ ences secretly at work, which no Ministry can venture to disregard without a countervailing " pressure from without." There are, we must confess, some circumstances which in cline us to doubt whether Ministers are not more disposed to yield to the influences to which we have alluded than they were a little time back. Among these we may men tion the appointment of Lord BELFAST to the office of Vice- Chamberlain to the QUEEN, instead of Lord CHARLES FITZROY, who has been dismissed, it is confidently reported ; in consequence of his vote on the abolition question. This, it cannot be denied, has a very ugly appearance, and indeed, without a full and satisfactory explanation, must be looked upon as a declaration, on the part of Ministers, that they still adhere to that unfortunate course of policy which has already lowered them so much in the esteem of the wisest and the best part of the nation. But be this as it may, the people have in this, as in ail similar cases, but one course to pursue. They will be true to themselves, and to the noble cause in which their holiest feelings are enlisted. They will press onward to the attainment oftheir glorious object, with undiminished ardour, and undevi ating step,—looking neither to the right hand nor to the left, fearing nothing from their enemies, and trusting nothing to any friendship that is not based upon an unalterable convic tion of the justice and necessity of instant and unconditional emancipation. Circureetsuces have occurred which oblige Six EARDLICY BAYONNE, MAY 4.—On the 27th Espartero came up with the expe dition of Negri, between Burgos and Brevicsca, and completely destroyed it, Two thousand prisoners, of whom two hundred arc officers, and all the Carlist baggage and artillery, have fallen into the hands of the Gene. ral-in-Chief. NARBONNE, Ma's 4.—Two Carlist companies, surrounded in the Chateau of Oriesta, near Vich, by the troops of the Baron de Meer, capitulated on the 30th. On Saturday the Chamber of Deputies adopted, by a mojority of 231 votes to 145, the Bill for reducing the in terest of the Five per Cents. to four and a half. The Debats threatens that the measure, if proceeded with, will be rejected by the Chamber of Peers, or, at all events, by the KING. Were the French Cabinet not as te nacious of political being as a cat is of life, half the defeats it has sustained would have ruined it beyond the hope of recovery. What. effect this last blow wig have upon it is yet uncertain. The following are extracts from the Journals : We have received the Barcelona journals of the 24th April. They arc filled with details of the atrocities committed by the band of Trig tang at Monistral, into which the Carlists had been enabled to enter by treachery. The weak garrison had taken refuge in the Church of the town, and defended itself bravely. The Carlists ordered it to be set on fire, when Baron de Meer fortunately arrived and delivered it. The Carlist had fled at his approach. The Baron de Mcer found in the town only ruins, ashes, and dead bodies. The town of Cahore has just received the equestrian portrait of Joachim Murat, Ex-King of Naples, which has been presented to it by the Countess of Lipona.—Le Commerce. FRENCH FUNDS.—Pants, MAY Five per Cents.. 107 E 75c. Three per Cents., 80f. 70c. Bank Actions, 2,700 f. ftente de Naples, WOE 80c. Roman Five per Cents.. 100 N %. Spanish Actives, 21 1 4 ti. Spanish Passives, 4%. Belgian Loan, 103. Belgian Bank, 1,447 f. 40c. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. :22 , 4. EXCHAING‘ oN LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 47 , / '.c.; money, 25f. 45c. Three months, paper. 25f. 32%r. ; money, —l. —C. LATEST PRICES. Five per Cents. 108 f. Se. Three per Cents., 80f. 20e. Bank Actions, 2,700 f. Romans lOUN,. Belgian Romans , 103. Belgian Bank, 1,447 f. 50e. Por - tugue,e Three per Cents., 22%. Spanish Actives, 21%. Spanish Passivei, 43 Brussels and German Papers, of the latest dates, have reached us this morning. The former bring no news of the least political interest. We extract from the German Journals the only two paragraphs they contain of any general importance : BELGRADE APRIL 16.—Accounts just received from Bitoglia say that the Rumez Valessy has issued an ordinance, by which all merchants settled in the provinces tinder his Government are forbidden, after the expiration of two months from the publication of the ordinance, from letting their merchandize come by any other channel than by way of Durazzo. This ordinance is of considerable importance, because va rious interests are affected by it. The Servian Government in particu lar will suffer by losing a considerable revenue in Custom-house duties, because most of the goods from Germany have hitherto gone by way of Belgrade, and Prince Milosch is bound by treaty to pay annually to the Porte 52,000 ducats for the cession of the import duties at Belgrade to Servia ; next the Turkish merchants settled in Amnia will suffer, the trade with those countries being chiefly in their hands, and this new ordinance will oblige them to send their goods by way of Trieste, which will be much more expensive than the way by which they are now sent, and the decline in the price of the goods which will thus be occasioned, will hinder them from fulfilling their engagements. It can scarcely be doubted that the ordinance will not long remain in force, since the Aus trian as :well as the Servian Government, will protest against it, but the temporary interruption is to be regretted ; particularly, since several Macedonian merchants are now at Leipsic fair to purchase goods, and the merchants are just preparing to send large quantities of goods to that country, for the approaching fair at Perlipe, in Macedonia. Much sur prise is justly caused by such an ordinance, of a Turkish Governor, im. peding commerce at a time when the Turkish Government is zealously removing all such impediments to trade.—Frankfort Papers, 3d May. ST. PETERSBURGII, APRIL 25.—An accident has happened on our iron railroad to Zarskojelo, the shares of which we noticed in our price -current so much below their original value, which is not calculated to raise the price. Yesterday was fixed for the Imperial Court to make an excursion on the railroad to Zarskojelo. Their Majesties had given numerous invitations, and on the day before yesterday the officers of the household, with the necessary plate, &c., proceeded to that palace by the railroad. One of the leading carriages, which conveyed the plate, was set on fire by the sparks from the chimney of the steam-carriage, and the engineer becoming so confounded that he paid no attention to the cries of the passengers, they leaped from the Carriage, which was burnt with all its contents, including silver plate to tillte value of 30,000 rubles, which was melted. Fifteen persons were inured, but only one seriously. His Majesty yesterday made an excursioss•on the railroad as an encouragement to the company, which was in consternation at this event. The fete of Zarskojelo, countermanded yeter . day, will take .7..ni c tiP. ll l l ;;:l i ZWzn State Gazette, May 3. CHURCH LEASES.—Lord John Russell, this even ing, will nominate the following Select Committee on Church Leases Lord John Russell, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Lambton, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Pease, Mr. Granville Vernon, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Gaily Knight, I%fr. Childers, Lord Eliot, Mr. Hector, Mr. Inghatn, Mr. W. Evans, Mr. Hope Johnstone, Mr. Solicitor-General, Mr. Baring Wall, Mr. Ward. The Earl of %Vinchilsea denounces the Ministry for reducing the yeomanry; Sir James Graham gives his old comrades the epithet of " shabby;" Sir Robert Peel called them weak and inert]. cient ; Sir Francis Burdett also has his epithet ; but ultra Tories and renegade Radicals, with all the bitterness caused by disappointment, and all the hatred generated in the minds of those who have injured o ld friends, fall far short of the description given by Sir Walter Scott of his own party, in October, 1830. " Our Ministers dissolve the yeomanry —almost the last tie which held the laird and the tenant together. The best and worthiest are squabbling together, like a mutinous crew in a sinking vessel, who make the question not how they are to get her off the rocks, but by whose fault she came. I have confidence still in the Duke of Wellington; but even he has sacrificed to the great Deity, and what shall we say to meaner and more ordinary minds ?" Possibly the following remarkable words point out what use might have been n ate of the yeomanry in 1831, if all the Tories had been animated with the spirit of Sir Walter :—" 0, that I could see a strong party banded together for the King and country ; and if I sec I can do anything, or have a chance of it, I wilt not fear for the skin.cutting. It is the selfish ness of this generation that drives me mad." On Saturday last an immense halihu t was exhibited in our market, having that morning been caught by some of the fisher. men of the Greenses. On being put into the scales it was found to weigh eight stones. This species of the finny tribe is at present very abun; dant on our coast, and are in excellent condition.—Bertvick Advertiser. AGES OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE GA RTER.-- A correspondent of the Gentleman's Magazine states that the ages of the present knights of the garter (25 in number, exclusive of the Royal Family and foreign Princes), when summed together, form a total of 1,600 years, affording an average of 7 0 as the age of every individual. The eldest is th e E ar l o f L ons d a l e, 81 ; t h e E ar l o f Westmorland and Marquis Camden, both 79 ; the Marquis Wellesley and Duke of Grafton, 78 ; Earl Grey, 74 ; Duke of Norfolk, 73 ; Duke of Bedford, 72; Dukes of Dorset and Hamilton, 71 ; Marquis of Anglesey, 70 Duke of Wellington, 69 ; Earl of Carlisle, 65 ; Dukes of Leeds and Somerset, 63 ; Duke of Buckingham, 62 ; Marquis of Hertford, 61 ; Duke of Rutland, 60; Marquis of Lansdowne, 58 ; Dukes of Newcastle and Northumberland, 53 ; Duke of Dorset, 48; Duke of Richmond, 47 ; Marquis of Exeter, 43 ; and the Duke of Bucclettch, 32. Last night an inquest was held at the Salutation Tavern, Tavistock.street, Covent-garden, on view of the bogy of Joh n pro- Ord, Esq., aged 68, a solicitor, who was found dead in his bed at th e New Hummums Hotel, Covent-garden. Mr. Henry Harrison, prietor of the hotel, deposed that the deceased, who was a solicitor, and a resident of York, had been in the habit of coming to witness's house for a number of years past. He (deceased) arrived in town on Friday last, when he appeared in his usual health and spirits. He retired to his bedchamber about eleven o'clock at night. On the following morn ing he was found dead in his bed. The deceased had not been sub jected to any kind of excitement on the Friday. Before retiring to his chamber he drank some wine in the coffee-room. Job Stephens, chain. berlain to the hotel, stated that when the deceased went to his bedroom he appeared in good health. Ile desired that he might be called at eight o'clock in the morning. On witness knocking at the door at the time in question he received no answer, although the knocks were repeated several times. Witness then entered the room, and found the deceased in bed, apparently quite dead. Mr. NVeatherfield, a surgeon, attended, and endeavoured to restore animation by bleeding and other remedies, but ineffectual, as life was gone. Mr Weatherfield gave it as his opinion leftandlargefaintly.has Dover a widow v one of the most sublime thunder -storms we ever remember. Before seven o'clock livid sheets of forked lightening had begun to flash at short inter vals, but at this hour these became more frequent, accompanied by peals of distant thunder, the falling of torrents of rain, and the batter ing of hailstones of enormous dimensions. _Some of the hailstone; which fell measured an inch and a half in circumference. By the hail shower, which did not continue more than six or eight minutes, much damage has been done in the town and neighbourhood to the green.houses and other exposed glass erections. At Boulogne the storm was even snore violent than with us. Two houses were entirely demolished, one un roofed, and various seriously damaged. The storm was by no means general. At Calais it was less boisterous than at Boulogne, and at Ostend we understand that it was scarcely felt. The Boulogne steamers ex perienced the tempest in its utmost on their passageviolence, and on board the Magnet, of London, in particular, the lightning played about the deck with such a brilliant and continuous flame, as caused much terror among the passengers.—Dover Chronick. One of the most appalling accident s w hi c h we have for a long time recorde d occurred in e flax.mill of this town on the morning of Wednesday last. In one of the rooms of this estab lishment there is a polished steel shaft running h er i zonait _ y from one end to the other, about six inches in diameter, on which there is a great number of bands connected with the different frames. The shaft is about three feet from the ceiling and six from the side walls, between which and the shaft there is another in diameter about twelve inches. The former revolves about 130 times in the minute, and one of the bands having slipped off, a lad, about fifteen years of age, named Mur ray, attempted to replace it; while doing so his apron was caught by the shaft, and, dreadful to relate, he was firmly attached to it, and whirled round, his feet first coming in contact with the ceiling and then with the second shaft! It was fully half a minute before the machinery could be stopped, so that he must have been dragged round sixty-five times. The unfortunate boy was found mangled in a shocking manner, both legs being dashed off immediately below the knees, one of the thigh bones crushed to atoms, and the left car severed from the head. He was immediately brought to the hospital, but surgical assistance could be of no avail. He lingered in great agony until twelve o'clock the same day, a period of severs hours, when death put an end to his suffer. ings,—Drocleslo Journ al WILMOT to postpone his motion, which was fixed for thia to br thit month: The delay it mit to be regretted ; The interval is taluable—let it be turned to good account: Let those Who htiv6 tibt Yet ctlfoikd them selvtla 'At'UUng the friends of the oppressed negro, avail them selves of the opportunity thus afforded them, of advancing the great work of justice and humanity. ELECTION COMMITT (THIS DAY.) The Paris Journals of Saturday and Sunday have all been received. The Moniteur of Sunday contains the fol. !owing telegraphic despatches, which include the latest news from Spain LoktioN, liut'AsDAy, MAt . isgO. L l ';E5. WAtka Mita The eornmiace niet te.day at 1 o'ddelco *herf Mr. JAY applied for the costs of the adjournment, on the Witt Of the sitting Member, on the ground that it was not rendered necessary by any part of their conduct, Mr. Tlleatnett was heard against the application, and resisted it on the ground that the sitting Member must hatte known of the informality, and could render the adjournment unnecessary, by admitting the poll books. The Committee, after consideration, called in the parties, and The CHAIRMAN said they had determined that the extra costs occa. sioned by the delay must be paid by the petitioner, and that he had been instructed by the Committee to apply to the House for leave to adjourn till Monday. BEDFORD BOROUGH. The Committee met to-day at eleven o'clock and proceeeded With the scrutiny. On a former day the vo!e of James Hands was attacked on the grOtlnd of a change of residence. The discussion upon the vote Was rehetted this morning, and was still under consideration when we went to press, LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY DEAL, MAY 7.—Wind N.E., fresh breezes.—Came down from the river and proceed, the Minerva, Ireland, for Madras ; Colombo, McKel lar, for Calcutta ; Triumph, Hammet, for Philadephia ; Fortesaue, Darley, for Trinidad; Medora, Bunting, for Jamaica; George Canning, Harvey, for Malta; General Langa, Malaga; Elbe, Robson, Trieste. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 7.—Wind E.N.E., fine.—Arrived the Augusta, Warner, from Christiana. Sailed, Child Harrold, Willis, Bombay. PLYMOUTH, MAY G.—Wind E.— Arrived the Louisa, White, Rotten_ dam. Sailed her Majesty's ship Hercules, Nicholas, for Quebec, with troops. The Sarah and Ann lost her bretopmast off the start on the sth inst. FALMOUTH, Mar (S.—Wind variable light breezes and fine.—Arrived the Braganza (steamer) from Gibraltar; off port, the Linnet (packet) from the West Indies; St. Arms, Clark, from Sierra Leone, sailed Ist March. Sailed her Majesty's steamer St. Meteor, Lieut. Pritchard, from a cruise. Speakings, the brig Mary Ann, from Cork for Quebec, 22d April lat. 48'30 N. lon. 17•30 W., and Thomas Ritchie, f.om Bridge water for Quebec, 26th do., lat. 48 N. lon. 14•48 W., by the St. Arms. LIVERPOOL, MAY 7.—Wind E.S.E. to S.W. light and fine weather.— Arrived off port, the Cintra, from Lisbon. Sailed the 'Waltham, Bar ton, from Providence; Ceylon, Chaffer, from Batavia; American, Cun ningham, from Baltimore. RAMSGATE, Mar 7. Arrived off port, the Catherine, Rembrecht. BRISTOL, MAY 7.—Arrived the New Jane, from Gallipoly. BELFAST, MAT .s.—Arrived the Triton, Carneit. from London. , BERWICK, MAY 7.—Arrived the Juliana, Miller, from Stettin. HILL, MAT 7.—Arrived the Dundee, Krohl, and Henriette, Au. guste, from Memel; Rosalie, Kunow, from Stettin; Pearl, Lindeman, from Neustadt ; Amity, Gronbeck, and Experiment, Hayne, from Co. penhagen ; Ann, Eratt, and Transit steamer, Roach, from Hamburgh ; and Seahorse steamer, from Rotterdam. GOOLE, MAY 7.—Arrived the Good Intent, Roll, from Hamburgh. RAMSGATE, MAY 7.—A quantity of wreck and several casks, appa. rently wine, were passed this morning between the Galloper and the North Foreland. A few pieces of wreck, deck plank and sheeting, ap parently of a large foreign vessel, have been brought in. CHRISTIANSAND, APRIL 20.—The Mabella, Myre, from Porsgrund, timber laden, is arrived at Egoag, with loss of foremast and bowsprit. The Two Brothers, Yansen, from Porsgrund, timber laden, is at Nor,. haven, with loss of deck load, and is very leaky. TRIESTE, APRIL 28.—The Richard Hill, Smith, which sailed for Gla,gow the 14th instant, put back on the 23d, with damage, loss of anchors and chains. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK. It is stated that a vessel has arrived at Antwerp. from Baltimore, which sailed on the 14th ult., and brought accounts from New York, of the 12th ult. On the 11th the account states the meeting of the Bank Delegates in New York took place, to consider of the resumption of cash payments ; that decisive step had, as it may be inferred, though the letters do not expressly state so, been resolved on, and had been followed up by a message from the Governor to the Legislature of New York, recommending that assistance should be given to the resuming Banks by Loans of the State Stock., which are said to have been offered to the ex tent of eight millions of dollars. On Saturday evening there was a general report in Paris, that after a Council was held of all the Members of the Cabinet, which broke up very late, the Ministers had given in their resignations, with the excep. tion of the Chancellor and the Minister of the Interior. By the well informed at Paris, some credit was given to the above report. Forms. The prevailing north easterly winds have again deprived us of any arrivals this morning, with the exception of the French mail of Sunday, the contents of which will be found in another part of the paper. It brings a confirmation of Espartero's victory over the Carli.its, but it is generally thought the telegraph dispatch is much exaggerated, as it has not had any effect on the Spanish funds at Paris, which come 211. Several packets from the westward still remain due. We just learn that the Leeward Island packet has arrived off Falmouth, which will bring the Jamaica mail letters and papers not yet received. Consols opened this morning at the price they closed yesterday 93f L for the Account ; Exchequer Bills, 70 72 ; India Bonds, SO prem.; Bank Stock, 2044 5 ; India, 278 81 ; Spanish Actives, 204 to I, with coupons ; Portuguese, 33 4; Three per Cents. 224 ; Brazilian, 764; Mexican, 284; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 54 4 i nominal prices. PKICgS OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. -- Bank Stock 2 11 5 4 3 per Cent. Red, 3 per Cent. Cons 93 X364 334 per Cent...„................. Ditto Red 100%34 New 3}4 per Ccnt . . 10144 2 New 5 per Cent Bank LongAnnutticstoczpire Jan. 5, 1860 l5 1-16% Oct. 10. 1850 Jan. 5, 1800 l5 5-10 Jan. 5, ISHO ........... ........ April 5, 18.40 Jan. 5, IE7O PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds .• ....... Belgian Bonds . [Mtn Account......, . Br . 4oLin Bends ind.a Stoe' 271 Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock — OldAnnnitics ....... ..... . New Ditto 105)4 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 — Exch. Bills, E 1 ,i 00 7l 73 pm Ditto .500 7l 73 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised... ....... Bank Stock for Acc0unt........ India Stock for Acc0unt......... 3715.6 Consols for Acconnt 03 10 s THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds ..... — Ditto Account ...... ........ — Portuguese 80nd5........ Rlt3 IT - Gz;,% - ... - ! - Buenos Ayres lionds Ditto, 3 per cent.— ......... .. Ditto Account .... i;hillian 80nd5.....„ ..... ........ Prussian Bonds — Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 1822 Columbian Bonds — Ditto Account ....... ........... Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic ..... ~...... ...... C)lumbian Bonds, 1824. 27% Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account - Ditto Account,..... — Dinish Bonds ... .. Ditto Account _....... ..... .... Ditto Account 20% Greek Bonds ............ ............ French, 5 per cent. .... ..... —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 18'25 — ----- 4 per cent. —f. —r. Ditto Account - 3 per cent . —l —c. Mexican Bomb, 5 per cent - Exchange Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent Ditto Account Ditto, 5 per cent....... 997 4 : 1 , 0 1 ,4 Neapolitan — Ditto Account lOO% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share. British Iron Company Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Company lilreat Western Railway Company 65 95.4% Brighton Railway Company' 8 9 %%*, London and Rlatkwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway Company OO 175 London and Southampton (New) Railway lO 31 I ll, nchWer and Birmingham Railway 7 Bli North Midland Railway Company 35 40A,% Thames Haven Railway Company 5 Ditto Unregistered 2% 1 %% Asphalte, Claridge's Patent Do Liverp00l Do British Do. Robin,on British North American Bank 1...1id0:1 Joint Stock Bank Mexican and South American 5 614 National Loan Fund 21,4 2%14 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, MAY 5. 3 per Cent. Censols 9 2s , 6 ,Grand Canal Debs. It per cent. 92 3y4 per Cenr. Stock p9Ti s Ditto, 4 per cent ... Ditto Reduced 99' Hibe,nianßank Ditto New, 1830 ........ I 0% City of Dublin Steam Company 114% per Cent. Debentures ..... 92% Natiortd Insurance Company — Rank Stock Royal Canal Stock Grand' Canal Stock 28% cent HALF-PAST ONE. In the Briti-h and Foreign Markets scarce a bargain has been done during the morning. The chief speculations have been in Shares, par ticularly those of the various Asphaltes. Consols continue as in the early part of the morning-93i for the Account ; Exchequer Bills, 71 73 ; India Bonds, 81 82 ; Bank Stock, 2041, India Stock, 271. In the Foreign Market most of the prices continue nominal. Spanish Active, 214 with Coupons; Portuguese, 331 ; Three per Cents., 22i ; Brazilian, 76k; Mexican, 281 ; Columbian, 27 8; Danish, 74i 5. Dutch Two-and-half per Cents., 54 lA. Consols have just improved to 93 for Account ; Money, 93k. The Braganza steamer has arrived at Falmouth from Lisbon—letters and papers not as yet received. In Shares little doing in Railway, but a good deal doing in Asphalte Shares, in particular in Claridge's, I 2 prem.; Bastenne, 1 % prem.; Po. lonceau, 21 to 3 premium. Consols for Account, IIM:1 THREE 0' CLOCK. On Saturd a y an inquest .was held at the Glaziers' Arms, Water-lane, Blackfriars, on the body of Mrs. Sarah Thompson, aged sixty-three. The inquiry was instituted at the request of the pa rish officers, who had heard that the deceased had been dead for nearly a month, and that no steps had been taken to have her buried. The jury viewed the body, at 4, Earl-street; it was placed in a black coffin, which was not screwed down. The body was fast approaching decom position. The daughter of the deceased said that her mother, who had been ill some time, died on the 7th ult. When deceased was laid out, she (witness) did not think she was dead, as she appeared to be in a trance. They formerly had a friend who remained in a trance for some time, and a medical gentleman, on opening the jugular vein, caused her friend's death. The reason she did not not call in a medical man to her mother was that she feared she might be treated in a similar manner. In answer to the coroner the witm as added that her brother wished to bury the deceased in a respectable manner, but had not the means. The brother, in a letter to the coroner, stated that the deceased would be buried on Monday next. The coroner observed that it was an ex tremely odd ewe, but left it to the jury to say whether they were satis fied that the deceased died from natural eauses.—Verdict, "Natural Death." Measures for the incorporation of Wolverhampton are under consideration. . On Saturday morning, between one and two o'clock, a respectably-dressed female, named Emma Green, residing at No. 87, Salisbury.street, Edgware road, was found by a police constable of the F division lying on the footway pavement in the Strand, apparently in the agonies of death. She was removed to Charing-cross Hospital, and was found to be suffering under the effects of having swallowed a quan tity of oxalic acid, with the intention of destroying herself. She is no t expected to survive. The unfortunate creature is only 21 years of age, and the rash attempt was induced by her having been seduced and deserted. On Friday, between eleven and twelve, Mrs. Mos ley, of Grove-place, Walworth, was greatly alarmed at hearing the screams of her daughter, a child about eight years of age, in the garden, a large cat having sprung on her neck, which was lascerated in a dread ful manner. She instantly endeavoured to extricate the child, when the enraged animal flew at her and fastened on her arm. Their shrieks at tracted the attention of Mr. Garland, a gentleman residing in the next house, who got over the garden-wall to their assistance, and speedily de stroyed the rabid animal with the handle of a rake, but not before he was severely bitten in the thumb. Surgical assistance was promptly ob. tained, and the proper precautionary measures taken. In one of the towns in this county, a shareholder in a subscription library was anxious to read Moore's " Travels of an Irish Gentleman in Search of a Religion," but was afraid that the " No Popery" subscribers ,would refuse to admit the book if they ascertained its true nature. He therefore simply entered it in the recommendation book as " The Travels of an Irish Gentleman ;" and the orthodox High Church shareholders unsuspectingly voted for the proposed addition to their collection of " Voyages and Travels P'—Gateshead Observer. CHURCH , - MEETIOCI AT THE CITY OF LONDON TA"/ERN. t!1 PA PAY.) This day a public meeting of the `‘ Chitral iiate Abolition Society" Wm held at the City of London Tavern, for the peirtsYs@ teteiving the report Of the Committee, and taking into consideration such frirther proceedings as the present state of the question might require. We understand that Lord Brougham was expected, as he had stated that he would attend if it were possible for him to arrive in time from Calais. But nothing further had been heard from him, when the time ap. Pointed for taking the chair had arrived. The meeting, although re spectable, was by meatts so fitly attended as is usually the case at the public meetings of this :;oeiety, There were a great num ber of ladies present, although it had Lech stated in the first advertisement that ladles would not be admitted, in conse quence of its having been asserted that the meetings were attended prin cipally by young girls. On the platform we observed Mr. Baines, M.P., Mr, Harvey, M P., Mr. Hiedley, M.P., the Rev. Mr. Burnet, &c. Sir C. E. Sml', Bart., was called to the Chair. The Crtattotax said, that at the last time they met in that rmm they had anticipated that before their next meeting they would have ' made much prrgress, lusters(' of being even much further from attaining their object; and yet, id some respects the latter was the cases.-Hear; hear.) Within two days of the last meeting of the Society the Governutent had proposed a measure for the extinction of Church-rates, and for stalstittithig in their place a fund to be derived from the better management and Increased value of Cathedral property. The Society had then on harrier to its wisliVa hilt the opposition of those who are, and ever will be, the opponents of the patplo.—(Hear, hear.) But now circumstances were changed, and they were told by those whom they regarded as their friends of the House of Commons, that they fly not expect to carry the abolition of Church-rates this sesslim, the Committeo to inquire into the subject not having been appointed until May. He much regretted that the Government should not have thought it right to propose the Committee at an earlier period of the Session, because if they had done so when they had met, or after Christmas, there would have been time to demonstrate that the Chancellor of the Exchequer wore below the mark, and that the funds of the Cathedrals would pro duce infinitely more even than he calca'ated—(Hear)—and if not to carry the measure into law, at least to make the attempt in the Upper House of Parlirment.—(Hear, near.) That meeting was for prac tical purposes, and to consider the course which was to be adopted. In doing so, it was, in the first place, necessary to consider in what po sition they were now placed. Were they to believe that the Govern ment were not still of opinion that a substitute for church-rates can be found ? Or were they to attribute their slowness to altered circum stanceS ?—(Hear.) The fact was, that they had decreasing majorities in the House Of Commons.—(Hear.) But still he thought they ought to go forward on their. principles, come what might.—(Hear) They, however, did not wish to have their measure passed by so small a ma jority in the Commons that the Lords would kiC.lt it out with con tempt.— (A laugh.) The first thing the opponents of Church-r Ates had to do in the present state of things was to infuse a better spirit into the Ilri lee of Commons.—(Hear, hear.) There was no decrease of feeling on the question—but at the last election there was a most unsparing use of the corrupt and profligate practices of Toryism.—(Hear.) Let the Society then use every exertion to rouse the country and to petition Parliament. Recollecting the adtantages which the cause of Reform had derived from the Duke of Wellington's declaration that Reform was not necessary, and Dr. Chalmers had just rendered a similar service to the volun tary system.—(Cries of" Hear, hear.") His arguments had established the truth of the voluntary principle.—(Hear.) The Learned Doctor had forgotten the proverb, that " those who live in glass houses ought not to be the first to throw stones."—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) It was ad mitted by all practical men, that Church-rates were the cause of great heart_burnings throughout the country. Sir Robert Peel's measure would not be a remedy ; it would substitute for the Church-rate a charge upon the taxation of the country, but it would create a new tax upon the Dissenters for the support of the Church; whereas the measure of Government would be a complete and final remedy, and would throw upon the Church property the maintenance of the Church fabric. Churchmen should be warned not to oppose the adoption of that mea sure lest they should give rise to new questions, such as this—if the Dissenters pay for the repair of the Church, and the preservation of the Church-yard, have they not a right to the free use of these without the interference of the Clergy ?—(Hear, hear.) He concluded by urging the meeting to press this question upon the electors of the country, be fore the elections which must shortly take place in consequence of the vacancies which will take place in the House of Commons at the Coro nation. In doing so it was not necessary they should hurt the Ministry. They might remember that William Tell shot the apple on his son's head : let them consider the Ministry as the son, and Church.rates the apple, and remember that they would have less danger of hitting the Ministry by shooting steadily than with a vacillating hand.—(Laughter.) The SECRIVEARY then proceded to read the report of the Committee, which, after detailing the grounds on which the Society had been formed, pointed out the exertions which had been made by its members for the attainment of the object in view. Associations similar to the present had been formed in almost all the large towns, affording the Society the most useful and valuable assistatlce. During the last session the number of petitions presented to the House of Commons was 2,328, bearing 674,719 signatures for the extinction of Church-rates, and repudiating all compromise.—(Mr. O'Connell here entered the room, at this part of the proceedings, and was received with loud and enthu. elastic cheering.) EDWARD /lams, Esq , M.P., rose to move—That this meeting, deeply anxious to promote the extension and increase the efficiency of the Church-rate Abolition Society, cordially adopt the Repori now read, and resolve that it be widely circulated, in order that the principles which it avows may be generally known, and that it may rouse into activity all the constitutional powers that can be brought to bear against an impost so unscriptural and' unjust in itself, and so vexatious in its operation. In the sentiments of the report he cordially concurred, and he believed the history of the for mation of the Society was given with great modesty, and at the same time with great accuracy. A Society better cal. culated to promote the object for which it was formed could not be imagined. The principle which it was established was that of every man supporting his own religion and his own religiovs edi. flee out of Isis own purse—(Cheers) ;—and nothing could be more simple and correct than such a principle. It never could have entered into the mind of any man except a domineering aristocrat to devise a scheme for putting his hand into another person's pocket to support his chureh.—(Loud cheers.) The Report stated the progress of the measure of Church.rates in Parliament, and he (Mr. B.) really thought it was not altogether unsatisfactory—for in reality there was an increase of 50 per cent, upon the majority on the last Parliament. That ought not to discourage.theni, and above all things else, it ought not to produce any relaxation, and want of energy in their exertions.— ( mdsi.e 1 His friends generally imagined that he was siao,. by Ministers, and he believed that to be an honest opinion, but his support of Ministers went no further than this--that so long as they supported good measures, and so long as he thought they would be better than those who would take their places, he would support them.—(Cheers.) With respect to Ireland—and lie never heard Ireland mentioned but it associated in his mind the name of O'Connell along with it,—(Loud cheering,) What would become of Ireland if Sir Robert Peel and his associates were in office ? Would the Church of Ireland, would the people of Ireland be mended by this change? On the contrary, a greater injury could not be inflicted on them With respect to Scotland, a Reverend Doctor had come all the way from Edinburgh—(Laughter)—to enlighten the dull understanding of the people of the South—(Loud laughter)—by telling them there was no such a thing as a Church existing, unless supported by the State, and un less upheld by all that majesty and dignity which attached to the mo. narchy.—(Cheers.) But he (Mr. B.) wondered how the Christian religion existed before they were established.—(Cheers.) Now, with respect to the endowments of Churches in Scotland. If the present Ministers were turned out, Sir William Rae and others would endeavour to induce Sir R. Peel to put his hands into the pockets of the people, in order to support what they called religion in the destitute parts of Scotland, by granting money for endowments.—(Hear, hear.) Now, as to the question of Church Rates in England, Ministers had, on the last occasion, acted like men, anti were properly rewarded by having their majority increased from five to eleven.—(Cheers.) It was certainly not a large majority, but it prevented other Ministers from governing the country.— (Hear, and Cheers.) It would enable the present Ministers to make the coronation peers, and if his lion. and Learned Friend near him (Mr. O'Connell) had any ambition for a peerage, he (A. B.) thought they could not place a better man on the woolsack.—(Loud cheers.) Allusion was made in the report to the course taken in the populous parishes in England. His opinion was, that if there was one thing more than another which had recommended him to his eonstitutents, it was his uniform opposi tion to Church rates.—(Cheers.) In the parish of Leeds they had come to the voluntary principle, and he hoped, if the law would not give them redress, that principle would be adopted in every parish.—(Cheers.) ANDREW WHITE, Esq., M.P. (Sunderland), in rising to second the resolution, complimented the Chairman for the active part which he had taken in the concerns of the Society.--(Cheers.) Church-rates he con sidered a badge of slavery on the Dissenters of the country. Although not a Dissenter himself he had a warm heart towards the nonconformist,, but for whom the state of religion in.this country would be at a very low ebb.—(Cheers.) The Church of England had a revenue of upwards ,c oi: r 3 na , tt 7 e o tso b a ,n itd o h o eri l o . wtpee:rrkcaeinneigditucBnlo.4.gOypcf was t a l a r s i n s nlau s , u ,,nd m the average amount paid to under nlrl,otohoe,otoootlal peramount a,r, h um.— (shame.) What became of the rest ? It went into the hands of the Bishops, Deans, pluralists, &c., and these were not the men who were the best calculated to support religion.—(Hear, hear, hear.) It aas said that the Church was in danger, but if that was the case it was from the conduct of the bishops and clergy of that Church. (Cheers.) Although it might appear there was a smaller number of Liberals in this Parliament than the last, the phalanx was more firm and united than ever.—(Cheers.) For the confirmation of this fact, he might appeal to the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin.— (Hear, hear, hear.) The object of the Tories was to displace the present Ministers, and turn them out before the coronation, in order that they might have the making of the coronation Peers.—(Hear, hear.) Representing as lie did a large constituency, he felt it to be his duty to attend the present meeting, and express their opinion, for not less than three-fourths of the inhabitants of Sunderland attendca non-conformal places of worship.—(Cheers.) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then read letters which had been received from Mr. Easthope, M.P., Lord Nugent, Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr. Charles Lushing. ton, M.P., Mr. C. P. Villiers, M.P., Mr. Pryme, M.P. , M r. F azakerly, M.P., Mr. Rippon, M.P., and several other distinguished persons. At this time there was a considerable accession of numbers, and the room was crowded Mr. }LINDLEY, in moving the first resolution, said that as it was a very long one, he would not trouble the meeting with a long spe.ech.— (Cries of " Go on.") He would not make a long speech, the more espe. cially as the meeting had yet to hear an eloquent and Rev. Friend of his, and his Hon. and Learned Friend Mr. O'Connell.—(Vehement cheers.) The resolution was—That the state of this agitating question in the Bri tish Parliament awakens great anxiety among all who earnestly desire that " Truth and Justice, Religion and Piety, may be established among us," and this meeting participating in this general feeling, arc resolved to sustain her Majesty's Ministers in the arduous struggle in which this subject has involved them, and which they can bring to a triumphant issue only by an inflexible adherence to the principles they avowed at its commencement ; by a resolute prosecution of the objcit, without compromise and without delay ; rendering the Church what it ought to be, efficient to all the purposes of its own support, and leaving Dissenters, what they have ever been, the independent and voluntary maintainers of their own buildings and worship. R ev. J. HINTON in seconding the resolution, said that thequestion was an agitating one. It agitated the Dissenters, and would do so until it was settled. It agitated others.—(A laugh.) It agitated the Church, which seemed not to desire for peace and quietness, and to take up the phrase of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, " agitate, agitate, agitate." But if the Church did not agitate it, the Dissenters must. (Hear.) He regretted extremely that, in the words of the resolution, the question was so long before Parliament ; and that it was now brought forward so late. If the Society had not placed reliance upon the Government to go spiritedly with the measure, there would have been an uproar before now —(Hear and a laugh.) Could they even now be sure that the qa es ti on would be vigorously and sincerely gone into, and a strong and ample report produced by the Committee, and a good measure proposed, they might be satisfied, though they might not look forward to an immediate victory. It was true that lie had been anxious to support the Ministry. He was now no less anxious to support them, if they had not lent their countenance to the Hippodrome nui sance, and if they had taken a better course on the question of the negro apprenticeshi to give them up, as th ere were many other questions, for which their P.—(Applause.) But he was not even now prepar e d continuance in office was of vital importance, and on which he hoped they would behave better than as yet they had behaved on the Church rate.—(Hear, hear.) There were great legal difficulties in levying a Church rate ; and if these were made use of, the Dissenters would gain their victory themselves. —(Hear, hear.) The Rev. Gentleman then related an anecdote of a Dissenting Minister, whose goods were seized try the Churchwarden under sow.' circumstances of informality, and whcr. in 't,'lrserpletice, took legal proceedings; whereupon the Chttichwardetr returned the goode, paid the costs, and gave ten poun ds to the ;relief of the noof ih the Minister's congregation. The festylution Was carried unanimously. Mr. O'COVic LI, then rose amidst the moat enthusiastic applause. TIC called for " Justice for England."—(Great laughter.) lie might be' asked, why he called for justice with his Irish accent, and hi" Irish feelings 7 Ile did not call for "Justice to Ire land" in ti question, because he had got that already.—(Hear, hear.) They had Church ratts in Ireland—and here he was who h el P' d to do it—((reat cheering)—and he was sure that what an Irish ma did, sure:y the English could do—(App‘ause)—and the more shame for them if they did not.—(Hear, hear, and cheers The :neeting had heard of a meeting of thirty Members of Parliam ent, who recommended that the agitation of this question should be pended : but he could assure them lie was not one of the 30 ; on the con trary, if he had made up the number 31, he would have protes ted aglimst the recommendation, for as long as they let the Church rob then', 't w. u'd continue to do so—(Hear, hear)--and the only way in which 04 end c iuld ; e put to the system, was by agitat iOll.-(1," heering and laughter.) He assured them, that if they agitated they would succeed.—(Hear, hear.) He was told that there was a gre at magician from the North come down to persuade the world that religiun and money were not oily synonimous but identical.—(Laughter.) I`l°W,', was not that a great magician ? He (Mr. O'Connell) always liked to call things by their right names, and now lie arraigned the magician before God, and b fo:c Cl.ri ti n England. — (Great app lause.) Of w.r.,",.t did he accuse Doctor Chalmers? Of blasphemy.—(Applau se.) C lmers had every advantage which intellect, learning, talents, an" .i elo ;uence could give to a bad cause.—(Applause.) I t was blasphetnif to the Deity, to identify the manlier of this world with the God ° " Eternity.—(Hear, hear.) At the beginning of Christianity, as eln „: Founder had not a place where to lay his head. T h e a p ostles had no Mon yes; one of them had, and he was very fond of it—that was Jud a '' - 7, (Cheers.) At the beginning of Christianity, who was it then that ha" ) money ? Why, the blasphemer and the traitor. (Ch cring. t For the first three centuries Christianity was without money and witheot stated support.—(Hear.) At that time, all the power of the gre at , e , s e cmpite that ever existed in the world, was employed to persecute t.' Christians, and to extinguish Christianity in the blood of its rilarti r' (LEFT SPEAKINO.) IRISH SPIRIT TRADE. Mr. fttctisfin MADDEN has arrived, from Dublin, At Vendall's with petitions to Parliament from the Spirit Dealers, aid from the 1 - - ) t‘ tillers and Brewers, in the county.towns and boroug hs returning lg" ' .; hers to Parliament, And upwards of fifty other considerabic to" Ireland, setting forth grievances and praying redress. If the universal voice of an important community of traders throng; out a kingdom, setting forth their grievances, respectfully urging t b un , upon, and praying redress fru.'"n, the Legislature, be, as it questionably ought to be, and is, calculated to insure duo c " " ,,, e sidaation and satisfactory results, the present a pp eal to Ltet, British Senate; of the Spirit Dealers throughout Irela nd, suprr of by petitions from the distillers and brewers, if energetically urged, f g il course it will be by the Irish Representatives in Parliament, cannot so insure such consideration and results. _ - THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY•) HUNGERFORD RKET. t 8. ; Meat is rather tolower to. day. Beef 6d. I t 74d.; Mutton 6 i ci ' v 'i o g 61 t Veal 7d. to 80. ; Pork 6d. to Bd. per lb., all prime quality. 'hco'd slay gcod and cheap. Turbot 4s. to 12s. and 14s. each for large; t o Is. 6d. to 4s. and ss. each for large; Salmon Is. 9d. per lb. Ven eta s it. more plentiful and cheaper ; and in Hay and Clover former p rices pre • BILLINGSGATE MARKET. SOO' Fish to-day were plentiful and cheaper. Turbot, 4s. to 15s•; „ d e 6d. to 33. per pair ; Salrnon, Is. 6d. per lb.; Cod, Is. and good Mackerel 3d. to Gd. each; Whiting, 3d. to 6d., and He w ' 4d. to Bd. each. Trade brisk. PROVISION MA RKET. ° The market generally continues to be limited in its business to boh consumption. The only variation in prices is in Dutch Butter, ' Is 2s. to 3s. per cwt. lower than it was this day week, I - JAY:MARKETS. The demand still continues brisk, and the supplies are' in °ler ' lage r equal to it. Prices are stable. Meadow Hay 85s. to 1.13 05 . i Hay 1003. to 1 15s. ; Straw 38s. to 445. TALLOW MARKET. P.Y.C. to-day is 495. on the spot, and 445. 6d. for delivery. COLONIAL MARKETS. over load We have such "a business advertised to-day as is not likely to ba gs i the markets, which are not very strong. Mauritius Sugar 6,2 ,65 ;,,ot Bengal 1,197 bags; and Bahia 154 chests, 2.2 barrels. There 0 %0 much life or spirit in the biddings, but when we left prices were tole(' be firm. Cocoa is in limited demand, and the article c(nlidosll got on rather easier terms. Coffee, to.day public sal es Of 'river quanties of Mocha and Ceylon, which fetched the f° 7 95 , prices. Good ordinary Ceylon, privately fetches 785. t° Te si is Indigo realizes sale prices in small parcels, and so does Cotton. tin ges now a shade higher than the prices ofthe late auction. Ruin e°, n t to decline. Saltpetre, 500 bags at public sale to.day, which di" -° ,,ad briskly, prices are not lower. Spices are much at previous rate ,, ~,,re Rice is firm. The imports to-day were light. For to-morrow w jot, no public sales of Colonial produce. B.P. Sugar today sold wit" o be nese and prices had a tendency to decline. If lower prices eecUoiree, taken, considerable business might be done in Foreign Sugar and LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 7 , tots' Very few transactions have been effected in Cotton this day, ' so op' sales not exceeding 2,500 bags, for which our last quoted rates / w on , dined. 2,200 American 5 lid. t• 9d.; 50 Surat 4id. ; 100 ta isl 8 %d. to 9d. ; 100 Egyptian 81d to 12d. ; 50 Maranliam g 'A" ,, OF BR op EAD. fhe highest price of Bread PRICE ia the Metrolis is ftl. or the 41b. Loaf 44 god Breed may be had at 6Uid. ...----..-.--..-- rttict. *BEJJ.—AIaY 7. Per Quarter 46 05 5 40 St. Foin Rye Grass 18$ 3th '' 4S; s 4`24. Pi t ney Grass. Linseed, for feeding —Os s. Ditto, for 6.'li ng Ditto, for crushing —8 50S , Canary s 40%. H e mp —4. V'• Per Bushel. AL White Mustard 7s. OA. Q 3 0 4, Brown Ditto Tares 4s. CA fig.' 41 )t 28/.32/. Foreign 2tll. HOPS.—May 7. Al Os. 71 Os. to 81. o° ' 41 10s. 01. Gi4to 71. Os' 0/ Os. 41. Us. to 6'. 6 ' ..... Os. 3/. 18s. to a e 2. 01 Os. 41. 6s. to 51. /?' 01. Us. 31 15s. to 41 , 0/. 11e. 21. 16e. to 31. 14" 01. Os U. Os. to Per Cwt. New English !led Clovel-503. g. 85i Old Ditto Ditto New Foreign Ditto Old Ditto Ditto —s. —B. Now White Clover 503. 538. (ss. Old Ditto Ditto New Trefoil . l4B. 18s. 11.. Old Ditto —B. 12s. 18s. frefolium 10s 12; 14s r'nglish Carraway ...... 4Us. 441. Foreign Ditto —s. 408. 458 Coriand.. —8 101. 121 Rapeseed, Enghik One ;per Las PRICES Of. Farnham rockets (per cwt.) East Kent Pockets. - Ditto Bags Mid Kent Pockets Ditto Bags Sussex Yearlings Oki Olds PRICES OF POTATOES AT SPITALFIELDS , York Reds (from vessel) Scotch Reds ditto . Kidneys 0/. Os. to 4/. Os. ditto Jerseys 3/. Os, to 3/. ss. ditt , 0 3 1 1110 ' s. to to 4 4 / 1 . o O s s. ditto PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. Crop Hides, 30 to 4011) each 11 13 40 50 50 60 dull fides Butts, Vitriol -- English l4 24 - Foreign Foreign Hides lO 12 Dressing Hides Shaved 12 15 Best Saddlers Hides Horse Hides, English LEATHER. d. to ll Per lb Horse Hides, German•"'" 12 16 Spanish '''' 3'1,14 CalfSkins,3o to 401b.(do l ♦ 5 _ 40 0 50 11. 70 100 ............ Seal Skins, large ...... ..... " - small ............. lo Kips Basils s ß h e o ll u ie ld s 7 y 6 13 If rounded 2d. to 4d per lb more P OF OIL !tape Oil, brown, per ton, fifi/. N. RIC — E Refined, 38'. N.-Linseed 0/ •1 V l ' • 5 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, (10001, 121. IN —Rape Cake, per tor- -- - PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per i 12113. _ O. I . Town Tallow 49s. 6d. Yellow Soap 04 Yellow Russia ...-0 o a, White —s. Od. Curd .... Oa' Soap Ditto s. Od. Graves " .5s 184, Melting Stuff 42s. Od. Good Dregs ..... ....... ...... Ditto Rough 26i. Od. . PRICE OF CANDLES. it .0 r ° The price of good Store Candle s ir, the Retail Shops is as fe.. - ( 7,1, Candles, per dozen, 7s. 6d. ; inferior, Ps. 6d.—Moulds, Sixpence per do'rei disco'unt for cash C9AL MAR s. Ai/airq lB 0 Holywell Itedhugh Picton lB 3 Todd's Bensham lB 6 c-t fiXey 22 0 W.llington 2l 9 ylam Walls End Bewicke:and Co , C 2 0 %Valls End Grace... Walls End Heaton 9 Walls End Hilda °I 3 Walls End Killingworth Walls End Newmarck 2O 6 Ships arrived since! KET.—May 7, 0. 0 Per Ton Walls End Riddell's ............. F 2 l Walls End Brathlyll'; Wallit'End Be mont ..."fo p ifet ;$ 0 Walls End lletton ............" ' ..... Wall: Et,d La ttbton • till 0 Walls End Stewart's .......... 0 Walls End Hartlepool ........ . 9l 0 Walls End Barrington TecS"' /I 0 Walls End Gordon ................ 0 Walls End Nevin's Tautielu" 59 0 Walls End Tees ............ ...." j 9 0 Howard's Netherton Alain . " 9l Staveley Main ................ ..." _ Walls End Devonshire.. ....... !ast market-day, 121. Per Ton. Lieutenant-General Lord Bloonifield, the new„ l oP7 mardant of Woolwich garrison, was on F r id a y entertained hY t " A iffer,,c l- , Artillery at the mess-room. Ab ove f our h un d re d Offi ce rs Of ". regiments (including the Guards) assembled on this occasi n ,ll ° lindship held a levee in the mor n i ng , a t w hi c h th e s everal 0 " . the Royal Artillery were introduced. THe GENTLEMAN WITH THE G RE EN* - dr ess Gentlemen's servants ought to be on their guard aga inst a welh del Cderly man, who goes about with a green bag, offering plate-P°"sr.; sale. His plan is to find his way to the pantry by means nf t w o , it t , l o gate; and, should the butler be there, he off ers t o ven d his O W ye ti as an excuse for his intrusion. If th e coas t , h owever , s hould " P oe be clear, he takes care to help himself to such stray articles of b a g, he may find within hi s reac h, an d d ropp i ng t h em i n his gree%s Ye.:( slips out before a n a l arm can b e ra i se d . A f ew days agc,,.(11,°;.; am adroit retailer of plate p ow d er p a id a v i s it t o th e pan t r y ef ther, at No. 15, Carlton-terrace, and made free, during the t e- ci a, absence of the Butler, to steal three tablespoons, three table -f° orone; salt spoons, and a sugar-ladle, all marked with a griffin and 3:10 the On the following evening a s il ver sugar .b as i n an d cream-Jug',,,;:tan Ce i, motto," Vigilum et audar," were stolen under similar eir cu— g , Co t " , and it is supposed by th e same person, f rom th e pan t r y of Esq , of No. 18, Bedford square. MANUFACTURE OF TORY VOTES •—,„, CSIT t e ; the hearing of an assault case on Tuesday, at the Hull Fo";,, the following facts, illustrative of the means resorted to UY t", cow" to obtain totes were detailed. The parties were Dinah 131° , 1 % 16 , a her ,nant, who charged John Atkinso her nephew, wit h a- rof t•- fi house; f i s t o a c p c p o r p a f r o e a d b t y h the p s a i r r t . i es f l o i w v t i h n o Tr; 4 i , i p l e >e f t t tjointlyhe I b n y w c e o r pi P c iis i t y o 3 7b t d e_ , husband and nephew. There are, it seems, different entra n a nt 01 part occupied by Mr. Glew and that by Biglin. The coMP lall' but . 1 f: "My husband has been tenant of this house about seven yea rn t the whole of it. He has been tenant of the whole or it , 4 , ° ,10 t ", - „ years and a half. He rents it of Mr. Alder. His nephew " other part of the house. My husband has paid the rent a ll the „t house of ttje , Mr. Alder. It was a lt ere d , that he should be the sole occuPa":d ft on " account of polling" (the preceding day the wom an . sa „.. l e DO; the Blues.") Th e l ow rooms are occupied by Mr. Glew, b ut th• S n t o a t i h rs i . ng A to pa d r o t offt V o e hf o s nl f y ,e o h cct:py I H O o /. f o f . f u of it is let s been parted the ho use .7g 44 and us 61. ; b u t t h e rooms ha e‘.. since, and tie has ; 5/ and Jr 1 I t is about two sears since the house was divided pot has paid 4/, u p t o l ast year. We give this case as a sa mple, a nd 11 1 no doubt that many ot h ers of a similar character m i g ht be foo t ' ; . st is this, amongst other cuually reputable ways, is Toryism made to 0 . Hull. —Dull Advertiser. A Fren c h c hp sse maree , La Jeune Isidore, 113 the and fi N tt.e, e dt_ w „ e i run ashore at the mouth of Dieppe harbour a few nights _ f ' on ee French fishermen refused to assist unless they were paid fi ve do ge each, when a party of English sailors, apprehending immine nt , is tell both to ship and cargo if relief were not promptly afforded, imrni" lent a hand, and brought the vessel safely into port. A line of steam-ships, between Dundee castle, calling at Berwick, has commenced plying. They arc thirteen in a superior manner, and are calculated to make the voyage in or fourteen hours. Besides affording the public a cheap and cerniQr_ ~,.•iii conveyance, the trade and commerce of Dundee must be o mat benefitted by this regular communication.